Richard Mushet is a British photographer who has been known to cover motorcycle racing in it’s many forms. You can view his site here, and follow his Facebook page for more frequent updates over here: MushetPhoto.

It’s a fine line – there’s few instances of track disturbances, but the noise generally deters the wildlife. Unfortunately there are some casualties, mainly birds, which I’ve seen before. Gary Johnson rode a couple of laps with the remains of a sparrow on his fairing two years ago and McGuinness hit a bird in practice week the same year, shattering his screen and leaving fresh Padgetts leathers looking less than pristine.